2020 Popular Democratic Party primaries
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Nominee Charlie Delgado Eduardo Bhatia Carmen Yulín Cruz
Party Popular Democratic Popular Democratic Popular Democratic
Alliance Independent Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 61,317 21,973 12,822
Percentage 63.80% 22.86% 13.34%
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Previous Popular Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Puerto Rico

David Bernier

 2020 Popular Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Puerto Rico

Charlie Delgado

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The 2020 Popular Democratic Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for 2020. The primaries, originally scheduled for June 2020, were delayed until August 9, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The August 9 elections, however, were marred by a lack of ballots leading a suspension of the election; polling locations that could not open on August 9 were scheduled to be open for voting on August 16.[1] The winner for the party's nomination for Governor of Puerto Rico is Charlie Delgado, mayor of Isabela, over Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan and Eduardo Bhatia, Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate.

Candidates

Governor

Withdrawn

Resident Commissioner

Senate

In the Senate of Puerto Rico, the PPD holds 3 at-large seats and 1 district seat. The PPD also holds 3 additional seats that are temporarily added under Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico whenever the majority party (in this case the New Progressive Party) wins more than two thirds of the original 27 seats in contention.

House of Representatives

The PPD holds 15 seats in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.

Opinion polls

Governor

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Carlos Delgado Altieri Eduardo
Bhatia 		Carmen Yulín Cruz Other/Undecided
Radio Isla July 28–August 3, 2020 ~246 (LV)[b] – 39% 35% 21% 5%[c]
Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald July 20–26, 2020 ~192 (V)[d] – 44% 26% 16% 14%[e]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald May 3–7, 2020 ~181 (LV)[f] – 25% 35% 17% 23%[g]
Diario Las Américas March 30-April 21, 2020 — (RV)[h] — — 49% 25% 26%[i]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald March, 2020 – (V)[j] – 17% 52% 16% 15%[k]
Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald February, 2020 – (V)[j] – 21% 42% 12% 25%[l]
El Nuevo Día February 21–25, 2020 170 (RV) ± 7.5% 12% 50% 24% 14%[m]

Results

Governor

Popular Democratic Party primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Popular Democratic Carlos Delgado Altieri 128,638 62.97%
Popular Democratic Eduardo Bhatia 48,563 23.77%
Popular Democratic Carmen Yulín Cruz 27,068 13.25%
Total votes 204,269 100.00%

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ 25% of a full sample of 983 likely voters
  3. ^ Undecided with 5%
  4. ^ 24% of a full sample of 802 voters
  5. ^ "Undecided/Refused" with 8%; "None of the above" with 6%
  6. ^ of a full sample of 802 voters
  7. ^ "None of the above" with 16%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
  8. ^ PPD subsample of 1500 registered voter sample
  9. ^ "Other" with 7%; Undecided with 19%
  10. ^ a b Not yet released
  11. ^ "None of the above" with 7%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
  12. ^ "None of the above" with 11%; "Undecided/Refused" with 14%
  13. ^ "Other candidate" with 4%; "refused" with 1%; would not vote with 0%; undecided with 9%

References

  1. ^ Ortiz-Blanes, Syra; Padró Ocasto, Bianca (August 9, 2020). "'Never in my life had I seen this.' Puerto Rico to delay primaries amid election chaos". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^ González, Jennifer. "Carlos Delgado Altieri aspirará a la gobernación en 2020". Metro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Puerto Rico Senate Minority Leader Bhatia running for governor". Caribbean Business. October 18, 2018. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz to run for Puerto Rico governor in 2020". Nbcnews.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "San Juan Mayor Announces Run for Puerto Rico Governor". Bloomberg. Associated Press. March 22, 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  6. ^ Ruiz Kuilan, Gloria (December 2, 2018). "Roberto Prats oficializa su candidatura a la gobernación por el PPD". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "Roberto Prats se quita de aspiración a la gobernación por el PPD". Primera Hora (in Spanish). November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Juan Zaragoza confirma que aspirará a la gobernación por el PPD". ElNuevoDia (in Spanish). August 15, 2019. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  9. ^ "Juan Zaragoza se retira de la carrera a la gobernación por el PPD". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). December 23, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  10. ^ Torres Gotay, Benjamín (December 10, 2019). "Aníbal Acevedo Vilá: 'Me hago disponible para la candidatura a comisionado residente'". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2019.

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